User Guide Contents Exciting Features Tips 1 Smart Life 2 Highlights: Turn Your Photos into a Personalised Video 4 More Features 5 New Device Connecting to the Internet 8 Smart Charging: Charge Your Device Faster and Safer 8 Getting Help 9 Gestures and Operation Screenshots and Screen Recording 13 M-Pen lite (Optional) 15 Home Screen Quick Switch 19 Notification and Status Bar 20 Screen Lock and Unlock 22 Home Screen Management 24 Contacts Share Contacts Using Electronic Business Cards 27 Search Contacts 27 Managing Contacts 28 Dialling Basic Calling Functions 30 Block Nuisance Calls: Get the Peace and Quiet You Deserve 31 Message Basic Messaging Functions 32 Camera Basic Camera Functions 34 Pro Mode 37 Beautification 41 Light Painting Mode 42 Use Time-lapse to Condense Hours into Minutes 45 Discover New Possibilities with Customised Shooting Modes 46 Gallery Highlights: Turn Your Photos into a Personalised Video 47 i Contents Photo Management 48 Tablet Manager Use One-touch Optimisation 50 Manage Your Mobile Data 50 Optimize Power Consumption 51 Use Virus Scan to Keep Your Tablet Safe 52 Email Add Email Accounts 53 Manage Email Accounts 53 Manage VIP Email Contacts 54 Set Auto Response for Exchange Email 54 Calendar Calendar: Your Event Management Centre 55 Navigate the Calendar 55 Import To-Dos to Keep Your Work Organised 56 View Global Holidays 57 Clock Use the Clock 58 Notepad Manage Your Notes to Keep Your Records in Order 60 Utilities Use Recorder to Make Audio Notes 61 Device Connection Bluetooth 62 Multi-screen: Mirror Your Screen 64 Connecting USB Device 64 Transfer Files Using Huawei Share 66 Security and Privacy Fingerprint 67 Enable or Disable Location Services 69 Use App Lock to Lock Important Apps 69 Lock Your microSD Card with SD Card Lock 70 Backup and Restoration Data Backup: Prevent Data Loss 71 Back Up Your Data to a microSD Card 71 Back Up Your Data to Internal Storage 71 Back Up Your Data to a USB Storage Device 72 Back Up Your Data to a Computer 72 ii Contents Wi-Fi and Network Wi-Fi 73 Connecting to the Internet 76 Share Your Mobile Network with Other Devices 76 Sound and Display Configure Your Sound Settings 78 Enable Eye Comfort Mode to Prevent Eye Strain 78 More Display Settings 79 Storage Storage Cleaner 81 Smart Assistance Navigation Bar and Navigation Dock 82 System Change the Input Method 83 Accessibility 83 General Settings 85 System Update Performing an Online Update 88 iii Exciting Features Tips Use Shortcuts to Access Frequently Used Features Touch and hold an app icon to display a menu of frequently used features for quick access. You can also touch and hold a feature and drag it to your home screen to create a shortcut. If you touch and hold an app icon and a shortcut is not created, the app does not support home screen shortcuts. Quickly access frequently used app features: Touch and hold an app icon on your home screen, and then touch a frequently used feature to access it. Each app supports up to four frequently used features. These are preset by the app and cannot be changed. For example, to take a selfie, touch and hold the camera icon, and then touch Selfie in the pop-up menu. Add shortcuts to your home screen: Touch and hold an app icon on your home screen to bring up the menu. Touch and hold the desired feature, and then drag it to your home screen to create a shortcut. For example, you can add a shortcut for the camera's selfie feature for quick access to the selfie camera. Transfer Files Using Huawei Share You can use Huawei Share to quickly transfer photos, videos and other files between Huawei devices. Huawei Share uses Bluetooth to detect nearby Huawei devices and Wi-Fi to quickly transfer files without using mobile data. Huawei Share uses Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to transfer data. When Huawei Share is enabled, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are automatically enabled. 1 Exciting Features Huawei Share Use Huawei Share to send files: Select the file you want to share and touch Share. Select the receiving device from the list of nearby devices to send the file. Use Huawei Share to receive files: Swipe down from the status bar, open the shortcuts panel, and then touch to enable Huawei Share. Touch Accept when a file transfer notification is displayed. Received files are saved to the Huawei Share folder in Files by default. Smart Life Kids Corner: Your Child's Exclusive Entertainment Platform Your Tablet is a great tool for keeping your child entertained, but all parents worry about their kids becoming addicted to technology, harming their vision, downloading viruses, or accessing content they're just not ready for. Try using Kids Corner to guide how your little one uses the Tablet. You can set time limits, access restrictions, installation permissions, and more. Kids Corner Features: l App management: Set which apps your child can access. They won't be able to open any other apps. l File access restrictions: Choose which photos and videos your child can see on your Tablet. l Time limits: Manage every aspect of your child's usage by setting daily access frequencies, usage durations, and break times. 2 Exciting Features l Fingerprint access: Enrol your child's fingerprint to help them access Kids Corner from your Tablet lock screen with just one touch. l Restrict outside data access: Prevent unwanted fees or charges by blocking third-party app activities (e.g. sending unwanted text messages). This feature is not supported on Wi-Fi only tablets. l Filter blue light: Reduce eye strain, and protect your child's vision by filtering out blue light. l Smart vision protection: Kids Corner comes with many features that help protect your child's vision. Your little one will get reminders to correct their posture, or to move into environments with better lighting when using the Tablet. Continued use of the Tablet will be paused until they follow the suggested usage guidelines. How does it work? – Kids corner will remind your child to correct their posture, when their eyes are too close to the screen (i.e. less than 25 cm away), or if the Tablet detects that they are lying down. – Your child will get a reminder to move into better lighting if the Tablet detects that the environment is too bright (or too dark). Enable Kids Corner Worried about the various types of apps available online that are not suitable for your child? Enable Kids Corner, the exclusive parental-controlled entertainment platform on your child's Tablet. Before using Kids Corner, ensure that you have set a screen unlock password. Otherwise, go to Settings > Security & privacy > Screen lock & passwords > Password, and set a screen unlock password. Open Children's Corner. Follow the onscreen instructions to set a Kids Corner password, enter your child's name, gender, date of birth, and record his or her fingerprint. Once the set up is complete, you can start using Kids Corner. In Kids Corner, you can: l Set parental controls: Go to Parental control to control how your child uses his or her Tablet (such as managing the available apps, images, and multimedia your child would have access to, limiting the daily durations and number of times you would allow your child to access his or her Tablet, as well as enabling resting periods). l Exit Kids Corner: Touch Exit, and enter your Kids Corner password to exit Kids Corner. 3 Exciting Features Remaining time of session Apps permitted Enter Exit Kids parental Corner controls Turn on/off background music Highlights: Turn Your Photos into a Personalised Video Highlights creates short video clips from your photos based on location information. You can add animation effects and choose from a range of background music. l Highlights automatically creates videos based on the geographical information in your photos. To use this feature, open Camera, go to Settings, and check that GPS tag is enabled. l Check that your Tablet is connected to the Internet. l Highlights albums are created automatically when your Tablet is charging, the screen is switched off, and the battery is at least 10% charged. It may take some time for your Tablet to create the album. Your Tablet will not create a Highlights album if there is an insufficient number of photos or videos in your Gallery. 4 Exciting Features More Features Wi-Fi+: Your Smart Connectivity Assistant Wi-Fi+ intelligently connects to Wi-Fi networks to save mobile data consumption. When your device detects a known or free Wi-Fi network, it will automatically turn on Wi-Fi and connect to the network. Your device will also automatically select the optimal network in the area for the best Internet connection. 5 Exciting Features Once you have enabled Wi-Fi+, your device will: l Automatically select and connect to the optimal network: Automatically select and connect to Wi-Fi networks you've previously connected to, free networks, or your mobile data network, depending on the signal strength at your current location. l Automatically turn Wi-Fi on and off: Depending on the Wi-Fi networks you have connected to previously, Wi-Fi will be automatically enabled or disabled in specific locations. This will prevent your device from constantly searching for new networks. This feature is not supported on Wi-Fi only tablets. l Assess the quality of available networks: Evaluate currently available network hotspots and prevent your device from automatically connecting to networks with no Internet connection. Clean Up Memory for Faster Performance Does your Tablet slow down over time? Do you want to clean up your system storage but are unsure which files to delete? Memory cleanup helps you quickly clear your cache, large and residual files, and unused app files to speed up system performance and keep your Tablet in top shape.